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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3040 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to include a special rule for the 

dedication of funds under the highway safety improvement program for 

certain vulnerable users, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 30, 2019 

Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to include a special 

rule for the dedication of funds under the highway safety 

improvement program for certain vulnerable users, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe And Friendly for 

5 the Environment Streets Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Streets Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. VULNERABLE USER SPECIAL RULE. 

7 Section 148(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) VULNERABLE USERS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a covered planning 

3 area has a vulnerable user fatality rate that ex4 ceeds 1.5 individuals per 100,000 individuals 

5 (as calculated under subparagraph (B)), the 

6 State in which the covered planning area is lo7 cated shall obligate funding amounts (in an 

8 amount described in subparagraph (C)) for the 

9 fiscal year beginning after the 3-year period de10 scribed in subparagraph (B)(i) for projects on 

11 safety improvements for vulnerable users in 

12 such covered planning area. 

13 ‘‘(B) CALCULATION OF VULNERABLE USER

14 FATALITY RATES.—Annually, the Secretary 

15 shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) for each covered planning area, 

17 calculate the vulnerable user fatality rate 

18 for the most recent 3-year period for which 

19 data is available; 

20 ‘‘(ii) for each covered planning area 

21 for which such rate exceeds 1.5 individuals 

22 per 100,000 individuals, determine the 

23 funding amount that each State in which 

24 such covered planning area is located shall 


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1 obligate in accordance with subparagraph 

2 (C); and 

3 ‘‘(iii) publish any rate calculated 

4 under clause (i) and any funding amounts 

5 determined under clause (ii) on the De6 partment of Transportation website. 

7 ‘‘(C) CALCULATION OF FUNDING

8 AMOUNTS.—The amount described in this sub9 paragraph is the amount received by a State 

10 under this section in a fiscal year multiplied 

11 by— 

12 ‘‘(i) the number of vulnerable user fa13 talities in the covered planning area of the 

14 State, divided by 

15 ‘‘(ii) the total traffic fatalities in the 

16 State. 

17 ‘‘(D) AUTHORIZED USER OF FUNDS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For funds obli19 gated for use in a covered planning area 

20 under this paragraph, and except as pro21 vided under clause (ii), the State in which 

22 such covered planning area is located, in 

23 consultation with the applicable authority 

24 of such area, shall carry out projects fund25 ed under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a 

2 metropolitan planning area with a popu3 lation of over 200,000, the metropolitan 

4 planning organization shall carry out 

5 projects funded under this section. 

6 ‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 

7 the following definitions apply: 

8 ‘‘(i) COVERED PLANNING AREA.—The 

9 term ‘covered planning area’ means, with 

10 respect to a State— 

11 ‘‘(I) an area under the jurisdic12 tion of a metropolitan planning orga13 nization; 

14 ‘‘(II) a Tribal land (as defined in 

15 section 2601(13) of the Energy Policy 

16 Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501(13))); 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(III) all areas in the State not 

19 described by subclauses (I) and (II). 

20 ‘‘(ii) VULNERABLE USER.—The term 

21 ‘vulnerable user’ means— 

22 ‘‘(I) a pedestrian; 

23 ‘‘(II) an individual on a bicycle, 

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1 cyclist or riding a low-speed electric 

2 bicycle; 

3 ‘‘(III) an individual with a dis4 ability; or 

5 ‘‘(IV) an individual using a mo6 bility device (including a wheelchair, 

7 walker, or scooter, whether motorized 

8 or non-motorized). 

9 ‘‘(iii) VULNERABLE USER FATAL10 ITY.—The term ‘vulnerable user fatality’ 

11 means a transportation-related fatality of 

12 an individual while such individual is a vul13 nerable user.’’. 

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